Softball roundup: UNT advances to Shootout final

SAN MARCOS — Jordan Terry and Jackie Miller homered to lead
North Texas to a 4-3 win over Texas-Arlington on Saturday afternoon at the
Texas Shootout. The Mean Green lost to No. 25 Baylor 8-3 in its first game of
the day.

With a 3-1 record in the tournament, North Texas will play
Baylor in the championship game at 12:30 p.m. today. The Mean Green (7-8)
earned the berth with wins over Texas State, Texas Tech and the Mavericks.

Home runs accounted for six of the seven Mean Green runs
Saturday.

Terry hit a two-run shot in the third inning against UTA.
Miller’s solo home run in the fourth ended up being the game winner against the
Mavericks.

Dani Hoff plated the first run of the game with a double.
Madison Tierney scored from third on the play. Terry brought Hoff home with her
long ball that put North Texas ahead 3-0. Miller hit her first home run of the
season in the fourth, extending UNT’s lead to 4-0.

Ashley Kirk (3-3) pitched a shutout through five innings but
got into trouble in the sixth. She gave up an RBI double and was relieved by
Lauren Poole. The left-hander gave up a two-run double before ending the threat
with two groundouts. Brittany Simmons picked up her second save of the weekend by
retiring the side in the seventh.

Kirk pitched 5 1/3 innings and gave up three runs on four
hits. She struck out seven.

Freshman Taylor Schoblocher hit her first career home run to
get UNT on the board against Baylor, giving North Texas a brief 3-1 lead.

Baylor outhit the Mean Green 11-1.

Baylor responded with a three-run homer of its own in the
fourth inning to retake the lead.

Simmons picked up the loss, giving up four runs in 2 2/3
innings of work.

TWU goes 1-1 at
tourney

AUSTIN — No. 14 TWU split a pair of games on the first day
of the St. Edward’s tournament, falling to the host Hilltoppers 3-2 before
cruising to an 8-0 win over Texas A&M-International in six innings.

The Pioneers scored eight of their 10 runs on four home
runs.

Against St. Edward’s, the Pioneers trailed 3-0 after the
fifth inning. Kendra Sancet got TWU on the board with a two-run homer to left
in the sixth.

The Pioneers put the tying run on second with two outs in
the seventh. Bailey Vrazel was hit by a pitch before she stole second with two
outs, but a groundout to third ended the game.

Brandie Lander pitched a complete game and took the loss.

Against A&M-International, the Pioneers took control in
the first inning. With no outs, Katie Hines hit her second career grand slam.

In the third inning, Hines hit her fourth homer of the
season to make it 5-0. Megan Leff gave the Pioneers a 7-0 lead with a two-run
shot in the fourth — her first of the season. TWU scored an unearned run in the
sixth to seal the win.

Hines started against the Dustdevils and tossed five innings
for her fourth win of the season.

TWU’s Lizzy Kelly went 2-for-5 on the day with two walks and
scored two runs.

“Brandie pitched well in the first game and we played good
defense but did not score runs,” TWU coach Richie Bruister said. “Katie took
over in the second game and we bounced back with a good win.”

The Pioneers (11-5) wrap up tournament play today when they
face the Dustdevils at 11 a.m. and the Hilltoppers at 3 p.m.

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